Greece’s first FSRU receives commissioning LNG cargo

Athens: After arriving in Greece, the Alexandroupolis FSRU anchored through a spread 12-point mooring system.

It will be connected to the 28-kilometer-long high-pressure subsea and onshore gas transmission pipeline, developed by Corinth Pipeworks, which, once operational, will deliver natural gas to the Greek Transmission System (NNGTS) and onwards to the final consumers in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, Serbia and further to Moldova and Ukraine to the East and Hungary and Slovakia to the West.

Upon completing all testing activities, the terminal is planned to be commercially operational in the first quarter of 2024 and will have a maximum sustainable regasification capacity of 5.5 billion cubic meters a year.

In October 2023, the European Commission, under EU State aid rules, greenlighted a €106 million Greek measure to support the completion of the construction of Gastrade’s DNV-classed LNG terminal in Alexandroupolis.

The Alexandroupolis is the first FSRU conversion project under the Greek flag for operation in the Aegean Sea and is expected to boost the local economy and bolster energy security.